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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.868
Description
Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Balance
Date
1925 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 25.3 cm
Description
Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH GUITAR”. In the TRC “EB B-”, and it is signed by Peter near the BRC.
Subject
balance
Gothic
English Guitar
Harp Lute
French Gothic
Italian Brocades
Marble Inlaid
window
architecture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.868
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The Fenway in Boston

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.140
Description
Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Fenway in Boston
Date
1927 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
Subject
landscape
river
urban
architecture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.140
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.302
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Gloucester, Mass.
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.7 x 27.8 cm
Subject
architecture
industry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.302
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'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt.' Harry Pollard Framed Print

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Framed print
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / V500 / S20
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Framed print
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
Physical Description
1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
History / Biographical
Harry Pollard (1880 - 1968) was a famous photographer in Western Canada, who was notable for his photography of Canadian Indigenous peoples and cultures. From the Provincial Archives of Alberta: "In 1924 the Associated Screen News, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), hired [Harry] Pollard to photograph their global ocean cruises for promotional purposes. It was this job that took him around the world 14 times".
Scope & Content
1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
Subject Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Associated Screen News
Photography
Architecture
Mountain
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
Language
English
Creator
Harry Pollard, Associated Screen News
Biographical Source Notes
https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0125&dv=True&deptID=1
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Jim White's House in Nash's Creek N.B.

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.153
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow green. The upper two thirds is blue water, blue far shore and blue sky. The lower third is grass, shrubs and bushes. A blue roofed buildng sits in the lower right corner partly hidden by a foreground hillside.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Jim White's House in Nash's Creek N.B.
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27 x 21.9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow green. The upper two thirds is blue water, blue far shore and blue sky. The lower third is grass, shrubs and bushes. A blue roofed buildng sits in the lower right corner partly hidden by a foreground hillside.
Subject
landscape
hills
creek, architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.153
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Mount Rundle from near Brett Sanitarium

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.488
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle from near Brett Sanitarium
Date
1928 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 x 35.3 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.488
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.291
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Near Fenway, Boston
Date
1928 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
23.2 x 27.4 cm
Subject
landscape
architecture
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.291
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.134
Description
Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
Subject
architecture
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.134
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Shanghai
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.
Subject
architecture
urban
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.443
Description
Two pencil drawings on a paper that has been folded horizontally. One drawing depicts a structure with curved, extended eaves, resembling Japanese architecture. The other drawing is of two faces with almond-shaped eyes. They are oriented 180 degrees in opposite direction from eachother.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.1 x 21.5 cm
Description
Two pencil drawings on a paper that has been folded horizontally. One drawing depicts a structure with curved, extended eaves, resembling Japanese architecture. The other drawing is of two faces with almond-shaped eyes. They are oriented 180 degrees in opposite direction from eachother.
Subject
Asia
face
architecture
Japan
China
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.443
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